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1. Civil War Exhibit Closes (2016-01-10) ...: (Events Calendar/Civil War Exhibit Closes); Civil War Exhibit Closes 3 ...; Created on 21 December 2015
2. Battle of Fort Sumter (2020-04-12): (Events Calendar/Battle of Fort Sumter); Battle of Fort Sumter The Battle of Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861 was the first battle of the Civil War. http://AmericanHistoryCalendar.com Charleston, South Carolina ...; Created on 27 December 2015
3. Three civil-rights workers are killed in Mississippi (2020-06-21) ...: (Events Calendar/Three civil-rights workers are killed in Mississippi); Three civil-rights workers are killed in Mississippi June 21, 1964 Three civil-rights workers, Michael Schwerner, James Chaney and Andrew Goodman, were working to register black voters in Mississippi, ...; Created on 27 December 2015
4. Battle of Gettysburg (2020-07-01): (Events Calendar/Battle of Gettysburg); Battle of Gettysburg July 1 to July 3, 1863, one of the bloodiest battles in the Civil War. http://AmericanHistoryCalendar.com Gettysburg, Pennsylvania ...; Created on 27 December 2015
5. President Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act (2020-07-02) ...: (Events Calendar/President Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act); President Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act Signed by President Johnson on July 2, 1964, the Civil Rights Act prohibits discrimination of all kinds based on race, color, religion, or national origin. ...; Created on 27 December 2015
6. Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima, Japan (2020-08-06): (Events Calendar/Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima, Japan); Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima, Japan August 6, 1945 140,000 people, mostly civilians, were killed in the bombing in Hiroshima. Approximately 70,000 were killed on the day of the bombing and the others by ...; Created on 27 December 2015
7. Atomic Bombing of Nagasaki, Japan (2020-08-09): (Events Calendar/Atomic Bombing of Nagasaki, Japan); Atomic Bombing of Nagasaki, Japan August 9, 1945 80,000 people, mostly civilians, were killed in the bombing in Nagasaki. Approximately 40,000 were killed on the day of the bombing and the others by the ...; Created on 27 December 2015
8. 14 year old Emett Till murdered, sparking Civil Rights Movement (2020-08-28) ...: (Events Calendar/14 year old Emett Till murdered, sparking Civil Rights Movement); 14 year old Emett Till murdered, sparking Civil Rights Movement 14 year old Emmett was murdered on August 28, 1955 in Money, Mississippi, inspiring the Civil Rights Movement. http://AmericanHistoryCalendar.com ...; Created on 27 December 2015
9. 16th Street Baptist Church bombing (2020-09-15): (Events Calendar/16th Street Baptist Church bombing); 16th Street Baptist Church bombing September 15, 1963 - The bombing of this African-American church resulted in the deaths of four girls and increased support for the civil rights movement. http://AmericanHistoryCalendar.com ...; Created on 27 December 2015
10. Mamakating: (Category); ... the Wurtsboro airport there can still be seen the remains of the old lead mine. Some of the lead mined there was used to make the bullets used by the northern army during the civil war. During the early ...; Created on 30 November -0001
11. Liberty: (Category); ... The tanneries were in operation until after the hemlock was used up. It was always said that the Civil War soldiers wore boots made of Sullivan County Leather. ...; Created on 30 November -0001
12. Delaware: (Category); ... ore than 150 years. It drained the region of its native timber, and in the process changed it from a forested wilderness into a relatively civilized world of dairy farms and small communities. As the for ...; Created on 30 November -0001
13. County History: (Category); ... which began in the 1830s, and peaked during the Civil War. Sullivan County hemlocks produced a peculiar, reddish hued leather, which was stronger and suppler than that tanned elsewhere. At their ...; Created on 30 November -0001
14. Cochecton: (Category); ... during the peak of its operation. Along with other Sullivan County tanneries, much of the leather used by the Union Army during the Civil War was produced in the tanneries such as the one in Stevensburgh. ...; Created on 30 November -0001
15. Civil War ...: (Category); Sullivan County during the Civil War Articles and News clippings that appeared in local Newspapers during the Civil War. These newspapers and Microfilm Archives are available at the Sullivan County ...; Created on 30 November -0001
16. Civil War Exhibit ...: (Pictures); This has been a very popular exhibit. There were artifacts, books, pictures , and even a Civil War encampment complete with a tent, fire pit and checker board. NOTE: This exhibit will close ...; Created on 18 December 2015
17. Civil War ...: (Past Exhibits); This has been a very popular exhibit. There were artifacts, books, pictures , and even a Civil War encampment complete with a tent, fire pit and checker board. NOTE: This exhibit will close on January ...; Created on 18 December 2015
18. Civilian Conservation Corps ...: (Tusten); October 6, 1933; Delaware Valley News "It looks very much as it Narrowsburgh would have a Civilian Conservation Corps camp located at the Ten Mile River Boy Scout Foundation. Forest rangers have visite ...; Created on 07 October 2011
19. The Military Room: (Past Exhibits); A new permanent exhibit “The Military Room” is opening at the Sullivan County Museum in Hurleyville on Saturday, November 19th from 2:00 p.m - 4:00 p.m. Uniforms from the Civil War through Desert Storm ...; Created on 31 October 2016
20. Allan Wayne Dampman: (History Preserver); ... surrender of the Japanese war machine, the Ludlow continued on with military operations in and around the Pacific until the ship was decommissioned during the spring of 1946. Upon returning to civilia ...; Created on 04 April 2012
21. The Hamlet of Beaver Brook: (Tusten); Beaver Brook is another community in Tusten that had a school, but was not named on the 1875 Beer's map. The early people who owned land here prior to the Civil Waar were primarily engaged in lumbering ...; Created on 20 October 2011
22. Mystery of Missing Marker: (Thompson); ... July, 1963, the familiar NYS blue and gold sign, which indicated the site of Camp Holly, encampment of the 143rd NYVI during the Civil War vanished from its usual place. "Repeated inquiries by Mrs. Glad ...; Created on 22 September 2011
23. James Eldridge Quinlan: (History Preserver); ... nineteenth century predecessor. In this brief quotation, Manville expressed the regret which afflicts all historians and genealogists investigating the history of Sullivan County prior to the Civil War: ...; Created on 11 August 2006
24. Wilmer Sipple: (History Preserver); ... a caboose, a museum building and a trout car expected to arrive in 2006. The story of how this all came about is lengthy and complex, but it is best to begin in the years following the Civil ...; Created on 11 August 2005
25. Delbert Van Etten: (History Preserver); ... was brief, that training had a long-term effect on his life. After returning to civilian life he worked for almost fifty years as a draftsman with several local engineers such as Olney Borden and Dolph ...; Created on 11 August 2000
26. Judge Robert C. Williams: (History Makers); ... However, his retirement was only temporary. He accepted appointment as a Judicial Hearing Officer and continues to this day to serve as a judge presiding over civil trials when requested in Sullivan and ...; Created on 11 August 1996
27. Frederick A. Cooke: (History Makers); ... an advertisement placed by a young naval civil engineer, Robert E. Peary, who needed a surgeon for his North Greenland Expedition in 1891. This exploration was the first of eight expeditions “Poleward” ...; Created on 01 June 1994
28. Civil War ...: (Tags); Civil War ...; Created on 26 December 2015
29. Civil War ...: (Article tagged with: Civil War); This has been a very popular exhibit. There were artifacts, books, pictures , and even a Civil War encampment complete with a tent, fire pit and checker board. NOTE: This exhibit will close on January ...; Created on 18 December 2015
30. Civil War ...: (Article Category tagged with: Civil War); Sullivan County during the Civil War Articles and News clippings that appeared in local Newspapers during the Civil War. These newspapers and Microfilm Archives are available at the Sullivan County ...; Created on 26 December 2015
31. Civil War Exhibit ...: (Article tagged with: Civil War); This has been a very popular exhibit. There were artifacts, books, pictures , and even a Civil War encampment complete with a tent, fire pit and checker board. NOTE: This exhibit will close ...; Created on 18 December 2015
32. The Military Room: (Article tagged with: Civil War); A new permanent exhibit “The Military Room” is opening at the Sullivan County Museum in Hurleyville on Saturday, November 19th from 2:00 p.m - 4:00 p.m. Uniforms from the Civil War through Desert Storm ...; Created on 31 October 2016

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